March news from Staffordshire Cricket |
Staffordshire Cricket NatWest OSCAs 2009
Staffordshire Cricket is delighted to announce the launch of the Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards 2009.
The awards started in 2008 seeing volunteers in the county nominated by their club for the county oscas. This gives a fantastic opportunity for all clubs to recognise the invaluable work done by the many wonderful people who help the progression of cricket in Staffordshire.
Deadline for all nominations will be Midnight Sunday 28th June. Decisions will then be reached by the Executive Board of Staffordshire Cricket within 14 days.
The winners will then be asked to attend the awards ceremony in August and all county winners will be invited to the National Awards in October at Lords Cricket Ground. Staffordshire Cricket will be delighted to receive applications from any club affiliated to the Staffordshire Cricket Board.
Application forms can be requested by e mail from Andy Grice andy.grice@ecb.co.uk and returned to Andy by e mail or by post: Staffordshire Osca's
We request that every nomination is well written and you can look at case studies at the following link http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/natwest-oscas/oscas-cas-studies,1346,BP.html
To read more about the nomination catagories please click here.
Cheadle Cricket Club is undergoing a mass renovation over the weekend of 28th and 29th March, and now they are asking for in kind support from local businesses in return for lots of publicity.
Cheadle CC has been selected as the Staffordshire showcase club for NatWest CricketForce, the biggest sport volunteering event in the country. Amidst a carnival and family atmosphere over the two days, the club’s facilities will be given their biggest ever renovation.
The Club has drawn up a list of renovation projects and any businesses that can help in any way will be rewarded with the kind of publicity opportunity that money can’t buy.
Businesses who agree to donate their time and expertise to the project will be welcome to promote their company over the weekend however they see fit. The ground will be crammed with volunteers, local dignitaries, sporting celebrities, members of the public, media and other business contacts.
Companies will gain goodwill from the local community, as well as being permitted to hand out their business cards and promotional literature, or even host promotional stalls throughout the weekend. Also, a plaque presentation board will be inaugurated after the event displaying the name of every company that contributed to the project
The work to be carried out is set to include: the renovation of the changing and toilet facilities, restoration of public seating, the extension of power supplies, a regeneration of the club’s net facilities, new or improved sightscreens and plenty of general painting and decorating.
The flagship project, meanwhile, will be a complete refurbishment of the Members’ Lounge with a new layout, bar and seating all proposed to be completed over the weekend.
If you think that your company can help, in any way, contact Neil Sommerville on 07805 110505 or email cheadlecricketforce09@hotmail.co.uk and take advantage of this unique publicity opportunity.
To read more about this event please click here.
For further information contact Tom Holdcroft on 07791 273819 or email the club on cheadlecricketforce09@hotmail.co.uk
North Staffordshire Girls Cricket Academy
In 2005 Dave Ford invited four teams, Meir Heath, Little Stoke, Leek and Milford Hall to form the first ever girls-only cricket league in Staffordshire. This league has now grown to sixteen teams with divisions throughout the County and is now administered by the South Moorlands Junior Cricket League.
To attract girls of different ages and abilities Dave decided the format would be Inter-Cricket and allowed girls up to the age of fifteen to take part although the average age of the players is actually about eleven.
The success of this league has necessitated the recruitment of more players into the clubs from schools and in Dave's capacity as Community Cricket Coach for Stoke-on-Trent and the Moorlands, working for both the North Stoke Schools Partnership and the Staffordshire Cricket Board he set up a Girls Cricket Academy at the new Indoor Cricket Facility at Sandon High School in February 2008.
The idea behind this Academy was to offer cricket coaching by E.C.B. accredited coaches to girls from schools in North Staffordshire and then offer them the opportunity to join local cricket clubs where they could compete in the Girls Inter-Cricket League during the cricket season.
In its inaugural year the Academy attracted sixteen girls and with the continued support and funding from the North Stoke Schools Partnership we have increased participation so that this year there are as many as twenty girls attending from at least seven different schools within the Stoke-On-Trent and Moorlands area of North Staffordshire.
The Staffordshire Cricket Board successfully organised the inaugural Asda Kwik Cricket competition for girls last season, led by Alison Grimley and two schools form the North of the County, St.Lukes (Endon) and Carmountside Primary (Abbey Hulton), made it to the Staffordshire finals which were held at Moddershall Cricket Club.
One girl from Carmountside Primary school Emily Corden took up the invitation to join the Academy last year and was then invited to join the girls team at Meir Heath Cricket Club where she received weekly coaching from accredited E.C.B. coaches and competed in the club’s Girls Inter-Cricket team in the Moorlands Girls league.
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